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CANADIAN FORCES INTELLIGENCE COMMAND

Official blazon

Badge: Argent a compass rose, each point parted Argent and Sable, charged with a maple leaf Gules.
Motto: SCIENTIA EST VIS.

Origin/meaning

The compass rose comes from the badge of the Intelligence Branch, and the maple leaf is a symbol of Canada. Both elements were used in the cap badge of the Corps of Guides, an earlier intelligence unit in the Canadian Army. Motto: This latin phrase means “From knowledge, strength”.

The badge was approved on April 15, 2014.

Literature: Image from https://www.canada.ca/en/services/defence/caf/military-identity-system/canadian-forces-badges/